1. Twitter an d Tw eetDeck
An quick introduction to Twitter
and one of its most popular
desktop applications.
Presented by @nndever

2. Sign Up
If you haven’t already created an account, click “sign up” below to start tweeting

3. Profile v. Home Page

4. B asic Term inology
• Follow: Subscribe to another user’s
updates
– Updates appear in your “home” page
• @mention: Reference another person in
a tweet
– @mention becomes a link to the user’s profile
– Does not get “posted” to the mentioned user’s
profile (like on Facebook)
• RT: ReTweet
– Quote a tweet sent out by another user
• Hashtag: #example
– Links tweet to specified topic
• DM: Direct Message
– Sent to a user’s private inbox

5. Lists
Categorize the users you
follow by adding them to
lists.

6. Gett ing Started
• Click here to visit the TweetDeck website and install the desktop application
• Once the installation has finished, it will prompt you to sign up for a TweetDeck
Account. This is not necessary! Select “Skip this step”

7. Manage Columns
• Click the + to add columns that appear in the deck.
• Search, Groups/Lists, Facebook News Feed
• Core: track @mentions, DMs, and main Twitter feed
• To delete a column, hover over the title bar and click the X button

8. Notifications
• Click on the wrench icon at the top right to open the settings dashboard
• Select “Advanced Options for Columns” to configure notification settings for each
column

9. Tweeting
When composing a message, be sure to select (and de-select) the right account(s) in the
“From” section
Compose Message Here
Hit enter or the speech bubble icon to post

10. Bas ic Features
• Hover over a user’s icon to display tweet actions
– Reply (@mention)
– ReTweet
– Direct Message
– Other Actions:
• Tweet: Mark tweet as a favorite, translate/untranslate, reference, reply all
• User: Add to list, follow/unfollow, view profile, block

11. ol Tools
CoUpload Photo
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• TweetShrink
• Translate